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Emergency Medical Services

Degree Type:

Minimum Total Credit Hours to Complete:

68

CTE (Career & technical education programs for job training)

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Emergency Medical Services at Piedmont Virginia Community College prepares you to offer pre-hospital care as a paramedic under structured guidelines in emergency situations.

Jobs this program prepares you for:

Paramedic

Medic

Required Courses:

Linked classes are classes that are currently available in the class search.

Graduation Requirement

Students entering the Emergency Medical Services degree program are required to take one Writing Intensive Course in order to graduate. The Writing Intensive Course for this program is EMS 201, which has a prerequisite of ENG 111 and ENG 112. Students who are awarded transfer academic credit for this course at another institution may fulfill the Writing Intensive Course (WIC) requirement for this program by completing another Writing Intensive Course (WIC).

Electives

BIO 141-142 are recommended for students planning to transfer to another health science related program.

List of courses that fulfill the requirement for Humanities and Social Science Elective can be found in the degree requirements.

Introductory (101 or 102 level) foreign language courses will not meet the Humanities Elective requirement for this program.

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